#11 | How to use data to tell a better story in B2B

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Data is crucial for product marketers to take the right decisions. The three misfits are covering the impact of data and how it can be a powerful tool to fuel your storytelling. In this episode, we’re sharing our past experiences and challenges with data, the balance between creativity and metrics, and the relationship between gut feeling and hard work.

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If you’re looking to understand the different layers of data analytics for product marketers, this is the episode for you!

P.S. No video this week because of technical issues :(

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Insights, not data alone. The difference why it makes you amore persuasive storyteller?  

Track 1: [00:00:00] It to be this immediate aha momentthat's gonna open up the door. And it'd be like, you're right. Like I needthat. And

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:Holland here you're one and only

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:Franken

Track 1: and I thinkthat's a problem we have, I've seen today as a product marketer, is that

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:Sales deck intern. Still going.

Track 1: to prove apoint without any context as to why that should matter to the buyer themselves.

Track 1: And I'mgonna stop right there 'cause I'm curious to hear like what you guys think, um,what you guys think about that.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:[00:01:00] Just. [00:02:00]I can tell you right now, especially your example, talking about the, therevenue teams, particularly sales. You know, context is huge. And when you'retalking to buyers,

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:um,

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:I saw an example a week or two ago, and it was a lead gen

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:type service. talked about how you, you know, you get a 80% increase in yourpipeline or whatever like that.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:And, you know, to me that's, that's huge. Depending on the context, like yousaid,

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:um,

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:in my past, uh, employer or two employers ago, I guess.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:[00:03:00] you're

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:getting 400 ish, 500 leads, roughly a month coming in. Right? So 80% to that,that's,

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:that's huge. You're going from, you know, four to five to, I think, quick maththere is around eight to nine. Um, and so a lot of ways that's

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:a big jump when you think about it. If you go to my most recent

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:situation,

Track 1: yeah.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:I mean, it was like

Track 1: Yeah.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:10 maybe leads a month, eight leads a month, five leads a month. Right? So whenyou talk about, um, 80% in that situation, um, that's not a lot. And then whenyou actually probe this

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:company's data,

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:who was giving that 80% statistics right off the bat on their homepage, it wasa situation like that where they

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:really were only,

Track 1: And, um, I'mgonna, and I'm like, I like, I love what you guys said here, because next whatI'm gonna do is I'm gonna share like an after

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:around that,

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:you know,

Track 1: Of

Track 1: what, [00:04:00] what I learned

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:and when you look at that context, like, I'm gonna be honest with you, as asales,

Track 1: later helped

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:doing sales and Zach, I'll let you chime in here. Knowing I go from eight to 13isn't a big boost of confidence when I'm out there on the field every daypitching a product and

Track 1: that year.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:you know,

Track 1: Um,

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:um,

Track 1: and what Ilearned, it was like one component of that play. We created a data sheet. Wecreated this data sheet to highlight, Hey, here are the challenges thatorganizations are having with cybersecurity.

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:the data,

Track 1: And

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:You are

Track 1: we had fivebig stats,

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:That is telling me

Track 1: the statsworked in a few ways is one,

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:you don't always

Track 1: is why we're

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:in that situation.

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:I'm sure you,

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:you had like

Track 1: this problem

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:documentation of that statistic, I

Track 1: but the, thesecond,

Track 1: the moreimportant piece of that

Track 1: was thentalking to

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:sometimes I'm just asking where does that

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:data come from?

Track 1: this may notbe the

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:surface level. I'm start asking questions, digging a little bit.

Track 1: a

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:like,

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:it's not a strong

Track 1: they havethe proper controls and tools in place where.

Track 1: They're not

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:take like a PhD [00:05:00] to understand that.

Track 1: they're not

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:A lot of people, especially

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:companies, are

Track 1: So

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:boosting out

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:their numbers. Those are rookie numbers. You know, they are, they are saying abunch of stuff

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:that

Track 1: then take astep back and

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:least from a prospect

Track 1: we're seeingthis in the market.

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:to validate if true

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:or not.

Track 1: your initial

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:Um, so

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:that's kind of my point of view

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:more

Track 1: does this

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:the general eye when you, you start pitching

Track 1: And thedifference from before was.

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:ultimately it's, it's something that

Track 1: Before I wasalways using data

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:you control

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:and the more context you can put around

Track 1: Anotheravenue that

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:The better the data

Track 1: how I coulduse data

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:and will be

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:trustworthy

Track 1: I thinkthat's where one way product marketers could be more effective for sellers oflike, yes, providing them the market intelligence, but also giving themguidance and how to use it in a conversation with that context in mind, becausesellers and product marketers were looking for the same thing.

Track 1: We'relooking to help provide context of how our solution is gonna help the buyer. [00:06:00] So, um, I'm stopping right there. I'mcurious to hear what you guys think about that.[00:07:00]

Track 1: Yes.

Track 1: Yeah.

Track 1: Yes. Andgab. I really like that because when we say positioning of the positioning,it's like what is our why? Like why are we having this conversation? And likethe def like defining that positioning, like what we know is like you're usingreference reference points to make it easier for your customers to understandyour product.

Track 1: And shout

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:jump real quick to

Track 1: Perri if youguys haven't checked

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:I just want to kind of piggyback a little bit on. Um,

Track 1: like.

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:you talked [00:08:00] about the fact that

Track 1: That's,that's the word, the definition I got. But I really

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:you wait for the prospect

Track 1: that's,

Track 1: I got it.What you mean? I got

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:Like ask them, how

Track 1: after thatconversation. We had him a few weeks ago.

Track 1: Hell yeah. Igot

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:a

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:step a little bit further

Track 1: I'm like,

Track 1: and

Track 1: it, it was,it was really great.

Track 1: 'cause likewhen you say

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:April Dunford,

Track 1: referencepoints and data

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:has, uh,

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:an amazing podcast

Track 1: but like

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:with April Dunford.

Track 1: you usethose ref, like how are you using those reference points? If that's what'sgonna get you that insight.

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:the fact that if you're bringing unique market insight, not just statistic, butreally from your point of view,

Track 1: or what yourcompetitors may

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:for example, those old dinosaurs,

Track 1: too.

Track 1: So, and then

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:SaaS solutions are asking you to do

Track 1: explored.

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:a, a really full of friction process of, for example, and then you're able toreally kind of associate those market insight with your point of view. And thenyou are able to kind of control the narrative. If those prospects agree, thenit's, the sale [00:09:00] will be easier. Andagain, you can read the book, but this is just something I wanted to kind ofpiggyback on. If you understand that it's because you're the same positioning,it's because you're, you are able to help sales leverage positioning, and thenwith that, you are both talking the same language and you can just be moresuccessful by leveraging that data. Did you get it? Nice, [00:10:00] amazing.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:Yeah, in Zach, I wanna take this conversation 'cause you, you mentionedsomething that I have actually personally been growing into, and you've beenactually uh, kind of instrumental in doing this in, in, in almost in every way,every day kind of situation, whether it's data or not. But you could prove yourpoint with data, right?

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:And like attack your research with [00:11:00]This almost like vindictive, I got a point to prove mentality. Or you can

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:look at your research approach

Track 1: that.

Track 1: I'm

Track 1: gonna,switching gears a little bit,

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:things that can

Track 1: we're gonna,we're gonna throw another perspective in

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:you may even be lucky enough to find

Track 1: product

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:stuff that change your beliefs. But then you bring that data and you say, howdo you feel about that?

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:Right?

Track 1: One thread,

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:have a problem that.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:we're trying to address. Here's some data.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:How do you feel about how that addresses that

Track 1: SaaS space,is that

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:I find that that has been

Track 1: usingmetrics to justify our ROI

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:and I would advise all young pmms, especially who are

Track 1: the uniquespace

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:at that approach.

Track 1: We want tomeasure everything, but I think there's now this

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:just go ahead and

Track 1: now is thatdon't let

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:then you start that dialogue.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:You have a conversation,

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:you get other opinions involved,

Track 1: examplebeing like, I,

Track 1: I waslistening to Devin Re, um, and he like leads

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:And it comes down to then making

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:a really good decision.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:And

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:an example was,

Track 1: a lot of thework they do,

Track 1: [00:12:00] like in terms

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:We were in a toss up between procurement and spend management,

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:right?

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:And,

Track 1: or doing arebrand.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:you know, there was a lot of stuff

Track 1: And likewe're, we've got a podcast, it's really hard to justify to your founder

Track 1: why you

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:know, happening from my perspective is I pulled all of

Track 1: how muchrevenues this

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:instead of just

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:the ones that fit my narrative and the hypothesis I was

Track 1: We ain'tmaking money

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:Um. We had a conversation about it.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:Right.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:And I think whether you're working with sales,

Track 1: not yet. Yousay like, let's put that affirmation out there,

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:um,

Track 1: but it'slike,

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:I've found more

Track 1: You don'twhat you do see,

Track 1: and whatwe're starting to see is like you start seeing.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:many as you can

Track 1: Brandbuilding, you

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:let's have a conversation.

Track 1: rally around

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:love that. Love how you brought that up.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:And, uh, you do that every day. You always,

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:you're dropping it

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:in our WhatsApp, what do you guys think about this? Right. And it's, um,

Track 1: So then

Track 1: my questionis, is that like how do you

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:helped me out in a lot of different

Track 1: at, like atwhat times do you acknowledge data metrics to [00:13:00]measure performance, but don't let that dictate. An an objective that youbelieve will help the organization move forward.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:[00:14:00] Not yet.

Track 1: [00:15:00] No.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:Well, I think, you know, for me, I'm a, I'm a wild card because I like to use alot of gut in my decision making, whether that be in business. I. Personal liferegardless, doesn't matter. Um, and you kind of nailed it like from a creativeperspective, I think we're at that point in, in history where creativity isgoing to rule the day, right?

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:You've got robots who can write for you now and are creating out the mostcookie cutter, nonsensical verbiage I've seen in a long time. Um, you've got.You know, honestly, people who are strained and have a lot of work that theyneed to do with limited resources, and I think the creative part of it issomething that you, you can't miss out on.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:So when I look at any initiative, I'm always looking at like, [00:16:00] what is our competition doing really,really well, right? Like, do they have a podcast already? If that answer isyes, then the question is. How good are they right? Because then it, it, it, itgives me some, some instance to say, well, they've got a podcast and we'vetalked to, you know, 50 customers, 20 x win-loss reviews on this, and no one'sactually watching their podcast. So, although I can't come to you with a greatsense of certainty that this is going to be a hit, what I can say is ourcompetition has not filled that gap in the marketplace yet. So it's a littlebit of, you know. I think intuition and then obviously using, using those datapoints at your exposure. Um, and, and I've always felt like a happy blend ofboth is what gets you the best success. Um, you know, so that's my take on it.

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:[00:17:00] I like that take, um, the domain. Ithink it's more about, it's going back. I think it just all goes back to howthe organization is set up. Like if you don't have access to the right data, ifthere's a lot of missing gaps. Which happens a lot more than we think. What canyou do? Like I'm not talking about changing the narrative that like a lot ofour initiatives take time to ultimately see the light of day or seeing likemeaningful results.

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:Like if you started podcasts and you guys were telling me, Hey, It. We're goingto know if things work in within a month or so. I'll be like, I think it's alot more than that. Like those initiatives, you need to just be consistent withit, whatever it's posted on LinkedIn, podcasting, whatever else. Um, but Ithink it's just all about narrowing things down.

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:What move the needle at the end of the day? Is it revenue? Is it what [00:18:00] will influence company grow? And then howdoes that falls into the PMM plates? So. I don't have an answer for this. Thisis something I've been, I've been struggling for the majority of my career andlike I just for transparency, I, I suck at data analytics. Like I do it, I tryto get better at it, but it's always something that I struggle with. Um, but

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:I just think it's all. about understanding

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:the expectations, understanding that you cannot track everything. Thennarrowing it to like one main goal that you know that this domino, if it fallsto true a row of dominoes, ultimately you'll be able to have a pretty big bruteforce at the end, uh, towards

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:your goals.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:Gab, I wanna hop in. 'cause you, you also pointed out something that was, Iwasn't thinking about. I think product

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:marketers, if you look at Uh, and even mark the marketing function since a lotof [00:19:00] us sit underneath, you know, thatbudget, we're not given a lot of resources, which allow us to track ourinitiatives, right?

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:A lot of those metrics are kind of set for, for, you know, the

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:demand

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:gen side of things and, and the sales side of things, right? So if we canattach

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:certain things

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:within the

Track 1: You don't,oh, go ahead.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:great. But, you know, I, I think. That's really, really hard

Track 1: Well, look,look. So like here, the, here, the here. This one. So what I really like aboutthis too is that,

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:given em the budget or those tools

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:aren't really

Track 1: Gab. Youmentioned kind of like

Track 1: the data

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:seismic for example, I've always

Track 1: was reallycool. When I first

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:a seismic or a high spot

Track 1: uh, shortlybefore that I took like a data

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:And be able to be like, yeah, look, this is exactly

Track 1: knew that asa sales

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:you know, many people are,

Track 1: I can talk

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:stuff and engaging with it. But

Track 1: an order.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:at the end of the day, a lot of times that's a . Ends up being a nice to have,especially

Track 1: And I'mlike, Hey, like I want to shore up on that scale. What I think. What was [00:20:00] really cool about that

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:you're not privy to the data a lot of times, like you said.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:So you gotta use

Track 1: knowingthat, but learning kind of the framework of how to think through

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:Yeah, a hundred percent. But I think, and don't want to, to overtake thiswhole,

Track 1: an example,

Track 1: um,

Track 1: going backto Jason Oakley's productive,

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:But I, I just think that the opposite is also true. Like I've been in a situsituation where you

Track 1: he has aOKR,

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:15 power BIS report in front of you.

Track 1: He gives hisguidance, he's like, Hey, here's your OKR, your okr. It's like, what is your

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:like, I was like,

Track 1: say that ourobjective

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:Yeah.

Track 1: we want toestablish thought leadership

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:Yeah, I agree. Even as a guy who makes quick

Track 1: are yougonna do

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:when I have too much data

Track 1: And the howpiece is like, we're gonna establish thought leadership

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:leader, you know, senior leadership, who's

Track 1: and then.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:the opposite

Track 1: It's a verysimilar,

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:They need all of

Track 1: point. It'sa very similar

Track 1: way

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:make a decision

Track 1: analytics.They start, there's a, there's

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:then once they do have all that data,

Track 1: a, likeguiding

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:right?

Track 1: Like beforeyou,

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:[00:21:00] what do we,

Track 1: you open upExcel,

Track 1: before

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:God decision.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:Yep. And that's no decision.

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:Extra steps basically.

Track 1: gonna ask aquestion of like, okay, like, like how, how? Like how

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:ended on a big boom. That's it.

Track 1: with thispodcast? What are the metrics we want to see from it too? And it helps to giveyou kind of a frame of thinking about, okay, what are the right data pointsthat you want to gather?

Track 1: Will willclick through rate, be relevant to measuring podcasts? Like, like, like thoughtleadership podcast. Probably not, but maybe like listens. Downloads shares, andit really helps to narrow down your focus because then once you have a thatfocus, it makes it easier to tell that story of like, okay, like we had thisOKR at the beginning of establishing thought leadership with our podcast.[00:22:00]

Track 1: Here's like,here's what's been going on and here's what we've been seeing so far, and thisis how it's reflecting to. , that piece of brand building. Going back to whatwe said before, it's like we're not gonna see immediate results within threemonths, but we're gonna start seeing a trend of where maybe you're seeing morefollowers on a LinkedIn company page.

Track 1: Maybe you'reseeing more conversations coming up from different people within your ICP. Youmay start seeing someone say, Hey, like . I'm really excited about thisepisode, or this is the type of content you're looking for. Those are like,those are like qualitative pieces that you can't put on a dashboard, and Ithink it's, it's still especially valuable at the work we do day to [00:23:00] day.

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:[00:24:00] Yeah, and I. Love it. And I thinkit's, there's also a part of like, let's say someone reach you out on LinkedInabout like your consultancy, and they're saying, yeah, you know, I've beenseeing the podcast and looking at your LinkedIn post. It just all kind ofcompound together. Can you, and then we fall under the big discussion ofattribution, like what the podcast way more did have more impact on theconversion than Lincoln Post [00:25:00] orwhatever. But I think that it's just a natural part that This tool can help,

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:like this initiative can help with tall leadership, can help

Track 1: I'm,

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:other elements as well. Um, but I feel like you just have to

Track 1: hold up. Canyou hear me now?

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:you know, put a little bit, uh, weight on the brake pedal and just zoom out alittle bit. You don't always need to have the data, um, even as a VP.

Track 1: Hold on,hold

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:another thing too, like we had it on an earlier podcast. I forget whichconversation, but product

Track 1: Yo, I'mback. I'm back. I'm back. Look,

Track 1: I'm back.

Track 1: I'm notleaving this

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:You guys know most, if not every single thing

Track 1: because I'm,

Track 1: I'm, I'mabout to say something

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:needs a little bit

Track 1: right now.So.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:you can see those

Track 1: That pointyou said about instant

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:know, unless you're getting

Track 1: it feels,

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:absurd amount of traffic

Track 1: like a painthat I feel like,

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:positioning so drastically that everyone just light bulb moment,

Track 1: it makessense

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:you know that the day before [00:26:00] therewas no light bulb

Track 1: we need toprove those

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:I can't imagine

Track 1: um, goingback to what you said here about both

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:we put something into play and it's like,

Track 1: marketing isgonna get

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:Everyone's freaking out about it because you just need that,

Track 1: And

Track 1: what comesto mind for me

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:and that time. And I would,

Track 1: When

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:that's another problem that I see is, is obviously we want those

Track 1: the weightroom, you're in, you're in high school,

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:we spent a

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:whole month talking about it or making fun of it on our, on our page, onLinkedIn.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:They want those leads yesterday.

Track 1: to

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:Right? But

Track 1: So what?

Track 1: So whathappens? You're gonna have these adolescent

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:And I believe, you know.

Track 1: all crowded

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:organizations have that patience and some of the less best,

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:uh, organizations are

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:are

Track 1: What wasthat? Repeat that one more time, GI didn't hear. What was that?

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:uh, getting the data back from these initiatives that, that we've instilled

Track 1: Hey look. Ilike, I'm, yo, we, let's, let's, let's go. We [00:27:00]gonna call it echo lifting. So I'm coming there? Yeah.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:well. In the meantime, 'cause it doesn't matter. We can cut this out of our podduring post. Zach, we can't hear you right now.

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:Yeah, I'm not sure what

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:Zach. We lost Zach. We lost Zach. But he'll be back. We promise.

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:Okay, so we're hijacking the discussion right

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:now we take it and talk about what we want.

Track 1: they're,they're

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:Oh,

Track 1: gonna thebench press. Mind you, there's

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:he

Track 1: There'sother

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:the data go off

Track 1: exercises inthe weight room, and this is what's happens over time. They're gonna, you'regonna see those, you're gonna see those gains because this is your first timedoing it and you're gonna see that explosive growth.

Track 1: But if youkeep on using the bench press, your, your back's gonna slouch a little bitover. You're gonna have these really big packs, really big tries, but thenyou're gonna have these scrawny legs like scrawny back and. You're more likelyto injure yourself in other functional activities. Let's say you [00:28:00] play basketball, you're playing soccer,and you're like, well, what's going on?

Track 1: Like I'm,I've been in the weight room, how come I'm not scoring this goal? How come Ipull, like hit a Charlie host? How come I pulled my quad? And I think a lotabout that when we think of like early stage startups with founders is that I'mpumping in all this money into our paid advertising. I. , you're gonna seethose results.

Track 1: But at somepoint you're gonna have to look at other functional areas like, Hey, are you,are you, are you working? Are you working like the legs? Are you working yourback?

Track 1: And

Track 1: you cantranslate that to other part of areas

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:Oh yeah,

Track 1: productmarketing,

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:is, it is the, it's the

Track 1: what doesthat messaging

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:as the first

Track 1: What does,like

Track 1: what are wetalking to the right audience?

Track 1: Are we,like, do we

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:by the way, Zach,

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:egg nos, you know, the, uh, the waffles

Track 1: use us

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:I thought Zach was gonna

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:say they all go crowd around the, the locker

Track 1: versus

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:and do steroids. 'cause they [00:29:00] want,they want that, they want that quick boost. Right? They're not willing

Track 1: market comesin, product marketing is gonna, is gonna tap you on the shore. It's like, yoman. You are looking pretty good on that bench press, but like, Hey, let's gotry that squat rack.

Track 1: Or like,let's build a plan , like if you, let's, let's be a more functional, like highperform like high performance versus focusing on one aspect that has given youresults, immediate results to months ago. Let's find a balance so that you getthat consistent growth. Because it's not about the intensity of how much yougrow, it's about being consistent and getting that repeatable motion over time.

Track 1: That's whatI think about too. So I'm curious what, what are your thoughts on [00:30:00] that?

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:Yeah.

Track 1: Yeah, sobecause you got that nice fade, doesn't mean you're gonna play like ChristianoRonaldo.[00:31:00]

Track 1: Hey, shoutout to God

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:Yo, I got, I

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:Love the.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:I got two health nuts in this group with me, so let's keep this conversationgoing. I look at it. Let, let's keep the fitness side going too, right? I lookat this so much as, as like you saw someone else do a workout and it worked forthem, right? Or a diet even, and it worked for them. But as we've talked about,not everyone's Salesforce, not everyone's [00:32:00]HubSpot, because they may have ran that certain play.

Track 1: I'm like,I'm like, you can't run it. You can't run it. Go to market on chicken

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:us, different, you know, different diets that work for us. All that differentstuff comes into play very similarly. What I've learned so far in SaaS is thatyou can't just run the same play as someone a lot bigger than you in acompletely different market, and you definitely shouldn't run the same play anddo the same exercises. That, um, your competitors are doing,

Track 1: Oh, okay.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:at the sense of it all, you have to be doing

Track 1: Oh, it's so

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:you have to be doing it at a repetitive, consistent basis, um,

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:as opposed to a set it and forget it

Track 1: I'm like,you gonna enjoy it? So like you just round out this conversation.

Track 1: One more onebecause so far what we've spoken about is alright, like how,

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:Exactly,

Track 1: how to thinkabout data

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:Um, and, and just to follow up on,

Track 1: and while

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:the health,

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:uh,

Track 1: putting databefore creative initiatives that

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:trying to get big, if you're trying to [00:33:00]lose weight, if you're trying to,

Track 1: And, but thelast one I'm curious about

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:kilometers in Chile and next April, you are going to need to

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:have a plan. Right.

Track 1: in theinstances where you want to,

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:try, going to

Track 1: to measureperformance, or maybe you have someone saying

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:the best thing to do that

Track 1: data doesn'tmatter.

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:my best, uh,

Track 1: noteverything's data.

Track 1: I can, I'm,I've heard that before and, and hearing you guys,

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:my micros, count my calories,

Track 1: I've come toa space now where I can see like, hey, there's gonna be some instances

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:and basically like it just circled back

Track 1: but itshould, we should still kind of

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:know where you're going. You need what your starting point is, and

Track 1: how we aremoving

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:that on a recurring basis.

Track 1: if we aretrending towards the right track here

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:summarize it a little bit, what we all

Track 1: help like,

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:uh, but especially what you said,

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:Zach, founders,

Track 1: increase ourfocus on the right activities of what we're doing here. That's what, that'swhat I've kind, I've kind of, that's where my aha moment and where my opinionhas changed after like talking with you all.

Track 1: I'm curiouslike.

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:likes chicken legs

Track 1: What, whatother [00:34:00] like last, like last thoughtscome to mind from what we've talked discussed here so far?

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:Well, yeah, we gotta get you some of that Kentucky Fried Chicken down here, gabBoy.

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:I'm, I'm actually doing a, a cooking class on Monday, uh, to, is Japanese like,uh, the type of cuisine and they have, I think it's car, a fried chicken. Yeah,I'm excited. That's why I talk about it.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:Dude. That's awesome. That is awesome.

Track 1: Oh, [00:35:00] remember.

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:Um, not sure if Eric wanted to say something, but you said that in someoccasion, uh, and you've been told that data doesn't [00:36:00]matter. So if there are some, well, for the pmms, we have an audience. Now Ican say it, but for the pmms listening to the, to this podcast. Um, can we givethem some example of situation where they can kind of come back to their bossor founders or whatever and say, I, I believe that with my expertise with theprojects we have going on in that specific use case that I don't matter,

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:I got one, so,

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:away.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:so you guys might have remembered. I threw

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:a party. Procurement, uh, I don't know, in October,

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:right? I had no, I had, other than

Track 1: what? Eric?

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:lavender's

Track 1: That's myanswer, y'all.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:from their parties, I had no data to go off of. Right. Um, a lot of convincing,I don't even know how many hours were spent just like pleading this idea. [00:37:00] And long story short, for anyonelistening, I. You took the same approach or I took the same approach as aproduct marketer would. I looked at the audience that was going, I figured outwhat they really cared about and what pains they had that were gonna be going.And I, the solution was a cool party, right? And at the end of that, we endedup walking away with the more than the enough leads that were being asked outof me. Which was great,

Track 1: So the TLDRis, if you want that

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:was even yesterday when I was talking to someone completely different about ajob opportunity, they said, Hey, I saw your party a few months ago that youdid.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:That was freaking awesome. And I've heard it on numerous occasions fromnumerous people both at the event, the day after the event, weeks, even now,months

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:after that, that was a hit.

Track 1: hey, we'llwait. We'll, we'll have a nice, we'll have a

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:now recognized in that industry, in that space. And it was more or less donewith a gut, a [00:38:00] gut, um, feeling, anda lot of hard work.

Track 1: Yeah, go.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:would say that's an instance that I would drop right away, um, in which, youknow, you, you don't necessarily have all of the numbers in front of you, butif you've got a little bit of confidence, um, that things will work out. Ifyou've got the right people in place, go ahead and do it. You know, let herrip.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:You never know what'll happen.

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:Amazing. Thank you.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:Well, and if you want, if, if the listeners want something that's not, youknow, from me personally, go check out the lavender story. I think it wasSaster they went to and they threw a party for the first time. Immediately gottheir, like seed funding a week later, immediately got their series A, I thinkit was around 10 to 12 million right after that, like three weeks after that.Not like three months or a year. I mean, boom, boom. So if you guys wantsomething, [00:39:00] um, you know, a littlebit more meaty, go read that story. It's, it's super inspirational about justkind of going for something that you didn't have, uh, you know, the ROI topredict on the front end. Yeah, I'd just say everyone throw a party, right?Millennials will get it. We'll have fun.

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:Yeah, exactly.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:And the, you know,

Track 1: For thenext,

Track 1: for the nextseven years,

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:So the boomers listening, you can come to, you can come to

Track 1: intoperpetuity. We're gonna use it forever.

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:They're just tired. They want to get wasted. We get it. We get it.

Track 1: Well, y'all,it's been a dope conversation,

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:I'm excited for mine.

Track 1: everyone forhopping onto this.

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:in 30. 30,

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:Do you guys mind if I, you guys mind if I throw a shameless plug in

Track 1: is Zachsigning out

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:Let's go.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:All right, so

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:we were talking earlier about context, especially talking around how it was,you know, sales team. Focus, revenue team focus, things like that. [00:40:00] So, um, shout out to my friends at userevidence. Um, what I've been able to do with them this year was pretty cool interms

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:of that contextual

Track 1: See youguys.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:right? I get a lot of feedback from surveys and then I can create content ondemand. Awesome. But you know, when you use those statistics, like 66% of blahor 80% of blah, right? What's really cool about user evidence is they attachwithin that content piece exactly how many people were surveyed in that survey.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:Right? And then what I actually would done, to take it a step further is gowithin the, the copy of that and put additional context, right? So it says 256,you know, procurement users, for example, or Lucid Link users and . Essentiallythat doesn't give you a lot of context of who those users were. So I put theadditional piece in on the persona that we surveyed.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:Right? And that's just an example of ways that you can provide, [00:41:00] you know, I think a juicier robust pieceof context for your revenue teams to go to go to bat with, as opposed to like,Hey, here's this stat that one customer said they got one thing from, let's usethat on every conversation, which I've also.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:Been that experience as well.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:Oh yeah. Oh man. Won't even go there.

eric_1_01-04-2024_145711:Yeah, I just wanna say thanks for putting up with the Franken marketer and his,um, pregnancy beard. He's not officially getting this fully trimmed till hisson is here. So appreciate y'all.

gab_1_01-04-2024_145711:Amazing. Cheers. Thank [00:42:00] you.